MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! The Wolves will be adding 8 new sports programs in the coming years, including men's and women's bowling, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track & field, men's volleyball and competitive cheerleading. Details ⬇️
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JJC pitcher Josh Fleming started the ‘21 season 3 weeks late after being diagnosed with Leukemia. Down 20 lbs., the
@JJCbaseball
player still finished the season in workhorse fashion leading all NJCAA DIII hurlers in innings pitched with 77.1.
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Lots of hardware coming home with the
@JJCCrossCountry
teams today! That’s a National Championship trophy for the women, a National Runner-Up trophy for the men, a Coach of the Meet trophy for Head Coach Jeff DeGraw, and a Best Overall Program trophy for the Wolves!
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A HUGE thank you to
@WNBA
and
@chicagosky
star Allie Quigley on stopping by to say hi to one of your biggest fans in
@clynenamuo
and our JJC community!
THE WOLVES ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! The
@JJCCrossCountry
men’s team finished first at the NJCAA DIII national meet and Hunter Phillips is the individual national champion! 🐺👟🏆
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Check out the new signage on the JJC Event Center! We hope everyone will
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when they visit our campus! Stay tuned for details in the next few weeks...
The JJC men's basketball team earned an 80-68 victory this afternoon over Harper College. Jaylen Jones scored 22 points, as Trey Wornica had 20 points. Gavin Grace earned 16 points, while Sean Micetich and Joseph Olinger both added 8 points. Way to go Wolves!
The JJC Athletic Department would like to welcome Jeff DeGraw as the new Head Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach!
DeGraw has over 20 years of collegiate cross country and track & field coaching experience, having coached at the junior college, NCAA Division II and III levels.
Tonight we honored Brian Bradley, a member of JJC’s 2010 NJCAA Division III national championship men's basketball team, for his induction into the NJCAA Region IV Hall of Fame!
BB: Let's talk about the table setters.
Anthony Agne and Adam Knerr went a combined 20 for 30 with a homer and 10 runs knocked in at the top of the lineup in this weekend's series win against Waubonsee.
Exciting news here at JJC - We would like to welcome Raising Canes as a new sponsor for Wolves Athletics! We are excited to have them as a part of our team and join them in their commitment to the community as well! Thank you for supporting our student-athletes
@raisingcanes
Congrats to JJC Women's Cross Country runner Ana Pineda for breaking the school 5K record (19:46)! Ana received 1st place in the Region IV Division III Championship race today! Great job!
🚨Down goes the defending champion!
No. 10 Joliet knocks off No. 7 Sandhills in the first round of the
#NJCAAmbb
DIII Championship!
The Wolves advance to play No. 2 Genesee tomorrow!
Need to take a moment and recognize our Head Men's Basketball Coach, Danny Turner, on being named the Region 4 Coach of the Year! His passion & love for JJC and his players is amazing to have around and this award is well deserved! Congrats Coach!
@CoachDanTurner
Wolves are happy to welcome
@CelticsFootball
tonight to our indoor facility for practice & beat the heat outside. Good luck to Coach Plantz and the Celtics on a successful 2023 season.
WOLVES WIN! 🏀
#10
Joliet 77 |
#7
Sandhills 49
All Wolves start to finish! JJC advances to play
#2
Genesee in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 6p!
▪️Joel Watts 15pts 7rbs
▪️Luke Morrow 13pts 7rbs
▪️Tavari Johnson 12pts 6ast
▪️Jhei-R Jones 11pts 11rbs
GO WOLVES 🐺
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Really cool moment to see Coach Turner cut down the net! He has believed in the Wolves since the moment he walked on campus. He was a Wolf. He is a Wolf. And he does a tremendous job leading our Wolves! Congrats again
@CoachDanTurner
Congratulations to
@JJCCrossCountry
Head Coach Jeff DeGraw on being named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's NJCAA DIII Central Region Women’s Coach of the Year during tonight’s NJCAA Cross Country Virtual Awards Banquet!
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Wow, what a spring for the Wolves athletic program. All 4 sports finish in the top 9 in the nation. Women's T&F 3rd, softball 4th, baseball 7th and men's T&F 9th. Throw in the 3rd for men's XC & 4th for women's XC - the best national year in school history. So much more to come!
Spotted by a Wolves fan! Super Bowl Champ Rob Ninkovich
@ninko50
talking NFL football on
@espn
with his JJC football helmet prominently displayed behind him!
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The Wolves softball team drop their game today 15-0 to Herkimer and finish in 4th place at the NJCAA National Softball World Series. The Wolves came in as the sixth seed and are the fourth best team in the country. Congrats to our Wolves team, coaches. Be proud!!!!
Sophomore women's basketball player Talia Edwards has received Region IV Division III Player of the Week! Against Rock Valley College, she scored 21 points and pulled down 17 rebounds. At Triton, she had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations to men's basketball player Joel Watts on being named the
@JolietJrCollege
Male Athlete of the Year. “I couldn't have done this without my teammates.” 🐺🏀💜
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ICYMI:
@JJCbaseball
pitcher Josh Fleming and Head Coach Gregg Braun appeared on
@fox32news
yesterday to discuss Josh’s journey back to baseball after battling Leukemia as well as his recognition by the
@whitesox
as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Congrats to Wolves baseball coach Gregg Braun and his staff
2023 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Div. III Regional Coaches of the Year
District - Great Lakes
Coach - Gregg Braun
School - Joliet Junior College
State - IL
(Announced June 28th)
WOMEN’S SOCCER IS REGION 4 CHAMPIONS!
Wolves 5
Harper 1
Wolves advance to the Midwest District Championship next Saturday in Rochester, MN.
Congrats Wolves!!!
Our Wolves mens basketball team received the
#11
seed in next week’s NJCAA National Championship. We will face
#7
Minnesota- North Rainey River on March 13th. LETS GO WOLVES!
Quite a weekend to be the JJC Wolves - women's track 3rd at Nationals, men's track 9th at Nationals with the National high jump champ, women's softball qualified for Nationals for the 1st time in school history and baseball wins the Region IV title.
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🚨 A new team on top in the
#NJCAAmbb
DIII rankings!
• Dallas-North Lake is the new No. 1 team after a seven-game winning streak and 17-5 record.
• Joliet moves up 7⃣ spots to No. 5 in the midst of a 15-game win streak!
Full Top-15 |
NJCAA DIII MBB
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT
Final Score
#10
JJC 82 |
#3
CCRI 83
After being up by as many as 9 in the second half, JJC’s season ends in a heartbreaker. The Wolves finish the season 27-6.
▪️Luke Morrow 29pts
▪️Jhei-R Jones 17pts 10rbs 8ast
▪️Brandon Shoemaker 12pts 11rbs
Good luck to our Wrestling National Qualifiers - Austin Rudsinski, Noah Boles, Jake Kendall, Mark Guerrero, Adam Blonski, and Anthony Munoz - as they begin competition in the NJCAA National Wrestling Tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa today! GO WOLVES!
The Athletic Department is proud to announce the JJC Wolves Pantry is open! Through generous support and collaboration with college leadership, we have secured healthy drinks and snacks in the Event Center for the student athletes.
WOLVES WIN! The JJC women’s soccer team won 2-1 at Illinois Valley in today's Region IV quarterfinal game! Andrea Villa and Taylor Metcalf scored for the Wolves, as Salma Ramos had 4 saves. Region IV Semifinal is scheduled for this Saturday at noon. Opponent and location TBA.
THE WOLVES ARE IN! JJC earned the
#10
seed in the NJCAA DIII men’s basketball national tournament, set to take place in Rockford, IL March 9-12.
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WOLVES WIN! 🏀
MATC 92 | JJC 95
That’s 1️⃣4️⃣ in a row! Wolves beat the
#5
DII team in the country to advance to 18-2/4-0 N4C!
▪️Joel Watts (pic ⬇️) 28pts. 5ast. 6rbs.
▪️Tavari Johnson 17pts. 2stl.
▪️Luke Morrow 13pts. 8rbs. 3blk.
▪️Jhei-R Jones 12pts.
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REGION 4 CHAMPIONSHIP
MBB 🏀 Final Score
RVC 78 | JJC 61
Wolves finish the season 26-4.
▪️Jhei-R Jones 15pts. 4ast.
▪️Joel Watts 14pts. 5ast.
▪️Luke Morrow 9pts. 9rbs.
Jones and Watts named to All-Tournament Team.
Congrats to JJC Softball Head Coach Kerri O'Shea in obtaining her 100th career coaching victory today in a 10-2 victory against Elgin Community College in the Region IV Division III tournament!
The 2022-23 Wolves athletic season was one of the best in school history with 23 individuals receiving All-American accolades, 6 teams finished in the top 9 Nationally, with 4 of those finishing in the top four & the first individual National Champion in track & field history.
The ‘22
@JJCbaseball
team, which opens their season this weekend in Vincennes, IN, is a veteran squad with 16 players from last year’s NJCAA DIII Region 4 runner-up team that won seven of its last nine games to finish 25-34. 🐺⚾️
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Congratulations to
@JJCbaseball
players Tony Fleischauer (first team) and Josh Fleming (third team) on being named NJCAA DIII All-Americans! 🐺⚾️💜
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WOLVES WIN! 🏀
RVC 65 | JJC 71
That’s 1️⃣6️⃣ in a row! Wolves hold off the Golden Eagles to move to 20-2/6-0 N4C!
▪️Joel Watts 16pts. 5ast. 5rbs. 3stl.
▪️Tavari Johnson 13pts. w/3 threes
▪️Andrew Johnson 10pts. 6rbs.
▪️Luke Morrow 8pts. 6rbs.
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Congratulations to our National Qualifiers: Austin Rudsinski, Noah Boles, Jake Kendall, Mark Guerrero, Adam Blonski, and Anthony Munoz! They will compete in the NJCAA National Wrestling Tournament in Council Bluffs, Iowa March 6-7.
Wolves WIN 8-1 over Gloucester. Savannah Anderson with a 3-run HR and Emily Johnske with a blast with 2 RBI. Natalie Tatera goes 6 in the circle for the win. JJC will now play Friday at 5 pm ET as one of only 4 remaining teams.
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JJC Women's Basketball earns an 89-59 victory over Prairie State College tonight. Samara Bosman led the way with 20 points (six 3-pointers) followed by Gianna Anderson and Elisha Dunlap with 17 points each. Great job!
In an effort to thank frontline workers AND support local business, the JJC Athletic Department partnered with The Dock at Inwood to donate 30 pizzas to the healthcare workers at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center today!
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CONGRATULATIONS to our
@JolietJrCollege
men’s basketball coaches, Head Coach Joe Kuhn and Associate Head Coach Keith Kinzler, on their 500th JJC victory today! 🐺🏀
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What an amazing night for our Men’s Basketball program to attend the National Championship Banquet. Also congrats to Coach Turner on his District Coach of the Year. The Wolves open up action tonight-5:00pm vs Rainey River GO WOLVES
***Breaking News***
The Joliet Junior College athletic program has finished fourth in the 2022-23 Daktronics Cup final standings in the NJCAA Non-Scholarship Division. This includes all NJCAA non-scholarship schools across the country.
Congratulations to men’s basketball players Joel Watts, Jhei-R Jones and Luke Morrow on being named to the All-Region 4 and N4C All-Conference teams! 🐺🏀
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Thank you to our
@JolietJrCollege
student-athletes, coaches and staff - and to Wiley Wolf! - for taking part in today’s send-off celebration as our men’s basketball team departed for the national tournament! GO WOLVES!! 🐺🏀🏆💜
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🏀 MBB NATIONAL TOURNAMENT GAME DAY!
📝 First Round:
#10
@JolietJrCollege
Wolves (26-4) vs.
#7
Sandhills (26-7)
📅 Wed. 3/9
⏰ 4p
🏟 Rock Valley College Physical Education Center
📍 Rockford, IL
📺 Pay-Per-View Livestream:
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Congratulations to women’s basketball player Emily Vollmer, who has received an athletic scholarship to continue her education and playing career at the University of Northwestern Ohio!
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Tonight the JJC Athletic Department honored our student-athletes that received a 3.00 GPA or higher during the Fall 2018 semester. The Wolves had 55 student-athletes that received N4C All-Academic honors, while 9 of those students earned a 4.00 GPA. Great work!